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History Of Wikipedia
Wikipedia, a free content, free-content online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers known as Wikipedians, began with its First Wikipedia edit, first edit on 15 January 2001, two days after the domain was registered. It grew out of Nupedia, a more structured free encyclopedia, as a way to allow easier and faster drafting of articles and translations. The technological and conceptual underpinnings of Wikipedia predate this; the earliest known proposal for an online encyclopedia was made by Rick Gates (Internet pioneer), Rick Gates in 1993, and the concept of a free as in freedom, free-as-in-freedom online encyclopedia (as Alternative terms for free software, distinct from mere open source) was proposed by Richard Stallman in 1998. Stallman's concept specifically included the idea that no central organization should control editing. This contrasted with contemporary digital encyclopedias such as Encarta, Microsoft Encarta and ''Encyclopædia Britannic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Wikipedia
The English Wikipedia is the primary English-language edition of Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia. It was created by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger on 15 January 2001, as Wikipedia's first edition. English Wikipedia is hosted alongside other language editions by the Wikimedia Foundation, an American nonprofit organization. Its content, written independently of other editions by volunteer editors known as Wikipedians, is in various varieties of English while aiming to stay consistent within articles. Its internal newspaper is '' The Signpost''. English Wikipedia is the most read version of Wikipedia, accounting for 48% of Wikipedia's cumulative traffic, with the remaining percentage split among the other languages. The English Wikipedia has the most articles of any edition, at as of . It contains of articles in all Wikipedias, although it lacks millions of articles found in other editions. The edition's one-billionth edit was made on 13 January 2021. English Wikip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
